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Blues Improvisation – Educators Edition

Module for Educators

Introduction and Student Access (2:06)
Bonus: Download Drum Grooves and Drones
Suggested Assignments
Instant Arrangement for Performance: Stacking Riffs (3:06)
What Should Drummers Do? (5:15)
Community Improvisation Games (2:20)
Case Study: Practice Partners (6:31)

1. Build a Rhythmic Foundation

Introduction: Rhythm Is More Important Than Notes (3:31)
Download Course PDF
Download Bb Blues Backing Track
Rhythmic Call and Response on Concert Bb (2:39)
Call and Response on Scale Degrees 1, 2, b3 (2:20)
Call and Response on Scale Degrees 6, 1, 2, b3 (2:42)

2. Major Blues Riffs

Mapping Notes to Scale Degress (2:38)
Tune: C Jam Blues (1:48)
Tune: Centerpiece (2:03)
Tune: Night Train (1:26)
Call and Response on Major Blues Scale (3:38)
Embrace the Messiness (1:11)

3. Improvised Phrasing

Variations on a Theme (2:59)
Question and Answer Phrases (3:03)
I Ask, You Answer (1:30)
You Ask, I Answer (1:56)
Leading With Your Voice (2:02)
AAB Blues Lyric Form (2:23)
Putting It All Together (2:02)

4. Minor Blues Riffs

Minor Blues Scale (1:44)
Tune: Bag's Groove (1:36)
Tune: That's What I'm Talkin' 'Bout (1:22)
Tune: Sonnymoon for Two (1:04)
Call and Response on Minor Blues Scale (2:02)
Mixing Major and Minor Blues (1:17)

5. Playing the Chord Changes

Tune: Second Line (1:18)
Sing and Play the Roots (1:20)
Triads and New Orleans Bass Line (1:21)
Transposing Riffs (2:54)
Transposing Riffs with b7 (3:25)
Horizontal and Vertical (1:30)
Voice Leading (1:20)
Targeting Thirds and Sevenths (4:29)

6. Changing Keys

Download Blues Backing Tracks in F, C, and Eb
Transposing with Scale Degree Maps (2:46)
Riff Tunes in F (4:35)
Call and Response in F (2:38)
Trading Fours in F (2:24)
Riff Tunes in C (3:18)
Trading Fours in C (1:51)
Riff Tunes in Eb (2:58)
Trading Fours in Eb (1:41)
Understanding Vs. Execution (0:52)
New Orleans Bass Line in F, C, and Eb (1:30)
Transposing Riffs in F (1:29)
Transposing Riffs in C (1:24)
Transposing Riffs in Eb (1:09)
Circle of Fifths Exercise (0:56)
Composition Project (0:30)

7. Alternate Chord Progressions

Jazz Blues Progression (2:08)
Download Jazz Blues Backing Tracks
Jazz Blues Voice Leading in Four Keys (3:03)
V7 of ii Vocabulary (1:46)
Minor Blues (2:22)
Solo Development (2:12)
Next Steps (0:48)

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